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| Monday 26th August 2013 | ||
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| Another busy day, almost as exciting as yesterday. Highlights included an
Arctic Warbler at Whitburn, County Durham, single Booted Warblers at
Drums, Aberdeenshire and Burnham Overy, Norfolk, a Western Bonelli's Warbler
at Hope Point, Kent, a Subalpine Warbler at Easington, Yorkshire and a
Thrush Nightingale on Fair Isle, Shetland. Five Greenish Warblers
were discovered, with new birds in County Durham, Yorkshire (two) and
Shetland (two), and a further eight lingering birds were seen, in Norfolk,
Yorkshire (two), Northumberland, Orkney and Shetland (three). Single Ortolan
Buntings were on Portland, Dorset and at Flamborough, Yorkshire, and a
Citrine Wagtail was on North Ronaldsay, Orkney with two on Tresco, Isles of
Scilly.
Associated scarcity tallies included at least 57 Wrynecks, 22 Icterine Warblers, 16 Red-backed Shrikes, eight Common Rosefinches, three Red-breasted Flycatchers, three Barred Warblers, two Bluethroats, a Short-toed Lark and a Marsh Warbler. An American Golden Plover was on South Uist, Western Isles and a Baird's Sandpiper was at Owenahincha, County Cork, whilst late news from yesterday involved a singing Iberian Chiffchaff at Looe, Cornwall. Lingering rarities included the Booted Warbler and Western Subalpine Warbler in Shetland, two Two-barred Crossbills in Yorkshire, Blue-winged Teal in Cambridgeshire, two Citrine Wagtails and a Lesser Yellowlegs in County Wexford, another Lesser Yellowlegs in Carmarthenshire, Bonaparte's Gull in Lancashire and Glossy Ibis in Somerset. |
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| - Will Soar, RBA | ||
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